Railroad-tie.



No. 858,395. PATENTED JULY 2, 190-2.

' E. c. INDERLIED.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1906.

- INPEN TOH Zdzmvdfiziezizkd ATTORNEYS By g EDWARD G. INDERLIED, OF BINGHAMTQN, NEW YORK.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '2, 1907.

Applicationfiled November 5,1906. SerialNo.342,027.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. INDERLIED, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Railway-Tie, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to railway ties, and especially to such ties as are constructed of metal.

The object of the invention is to produce a metal tie which will have a form giving it a desirable resiliency, and to provide means for securing the rails to the tie which will operate at the same time to insulate them from the tie.

A further object is to provide attachments for the tie which may be used when desired and which will operate efliciently to prevent the ti e from shifting longitudinally in the roadbed.

The inventionconsists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is an end view of a railway tie constructed according to my invention, a portion of the view being represented in cross section on the line'11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan of a portion of the tie at the rail seat, and further illustrating the manner in which the seat is formed for the rail; and Fig. 3 is substantially a side elevation of a tie constructed according to my invention, certain parts of the tie being represented as broken away and one end of the tie being represented in longitudinal section; the rails resting upon the rail seats are also represented, and they are in cross section.

Referring moreparticularly to the parts, 1 represents the body of the railway tie, the construction of which is very clearly shown in the patent application entitled Railway tie and spike filed September 5-, 1906, Serial Number 333,305. This body is adapted to be formed of an elongated sheet, the edges of which are brought together so as to form flanges 2 which are attached together by suitable bolts 3 on the under side of the tie.- The side walls 4 of the tie are preferably slightly bowed or curved convexly, .as shown, and the intermediate space between the side walls is occupied by a plurality of downwardly projecting ribs 5, which ribs present oppositely disposed webs 6, which are preferably of waved or convolute form, as shown. The spaces between these webs 6 are filled from above with suitable cement or asphalt filling 7. At the proper points, rail seats 8 are formed. In order to form these seats, the

.side walls 4 of the tie are cut away or formed with notches 9, as indicated in Fig. 1, the said notches being disposed opposite to each other. In addition to this, the webs 6 which lie adjacent to the side walls,

in the manner indicated in Fig. 3.

are cut away or notched to the same level as the bottoms of the notches 9, and the intermediate webs are cut away to a greater depth and to substantially the level of the line 10, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1. In this way, for each of the rails a recess is formedin the upper face of the tie. In this recess thereis placed a box 11, the form of which is shown in Fig. 1.. The middle portion 12 of the bottom of this box is further depressed than the side portions 13, and this middle portion rests upon the upper edges of the intermediate webs which are cut away to the line 10. The side portions of the bottom of the box rest upon the side walls 4 and the webs 6 By depressing a portion of the bottom in this manner, inclined shoulders 14 are formed on each side, for a purpose which will appear more fully hereinafter, and the side walls 15 of the box incline inwardly, as shown. This form for the shoulders 14 and the side walls 15 is adopted so as to enable the box to retain a filler 16 of cement, asphalt or similar material. In order to attach the box rigidly in position on the tie, the sides are extended downwardly so as to form flanges 17, and through these flanges a transverse bolt 18 is passed, which passes completely through the body of the tie beneath the bottom of the box. The upper portion of the box represents a substantially flat plate or cover 19, the end edges of which are formed into curved sleeves 20 which seat upon the point of connection of the webs 6. In this way this upper plate is made to constitute a saddle or saddle plate.

In filling the box with the filler 16, an anchor plate 21 is buried in the body of the filler, as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, and in this anchor plate bolts '22' are set, which project upwardly above the face of the filler and are adapted to lie on opposite sides of the rails 23 when they are laid upon the rail seat. In this way a very firm and rigid seat is formed for the rails, which are rigidly held in position by nuts 24-which screw upon the bolts In order to give the anchor-plates additional security in the filler, the side walls of the box are provided on opposite sides with inwardly projecting lugs 11 these extend over the anchorplates and reinforce the filler directly above them.

The tie will usually be constructed just in the manner described. However, as railway ties on curves manifest a tendency to shift longitudinally, I provide an arrangement to prevent such a longitudinal shifting.

For this purpose, .at suitable points, as indicated in Fig. 3, the flanges 2 are cut away so as to form notches or recesses 25, and the flanges are bent laterally so as to form guide lips 26, as shown. In these notches fins 27 are attached, the said finsbeing preferably formed of teeiron, the flange 28 of which lies against the side of the tie' and conforms to the shape thereof. The web 29 of the fin projects outwardly and presents a relatively broad expanse to the ballast of the roadbed, which tends to prevent the tie from shifting. The ends of the fins are formed with threaded shanks 30, which project upwardly beyond the rail seat and pass through transverse bars 31 to which they are rigidly clamped by nuts 32 received on the shanks 30. With a tie constructed as described, it should be understood that these fins may be quickly attached, if desired, but in practice,

ties would normallynot have them attached. Between the sleeves 20, which are formed in the saddle plate, recesses 33 are formed, which are filled with asphalt or cement, like the spaces between the webs 6.

The body of the tie is evidently very durable and useful in practice, and the filler 16 constitutes a more or less yielding seat for the rail, so that undue rigidity at the joint or connection between the rail and the tie is prevented.

The convolutions which are formed in the webs give the tie-body a desirable resiliency and the boxes 11 afford a good firm seat for the rails. It will be observed that the anchor-plates and bolts do not contact with the boxes and hence, as the filler is of an insulating material, the rails are effectively insulated from the ties. By placing a filler between the ribs of the tie the noise pro duced by the passing trains is much reduced.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A metal tie having" a recess formed therein, and a box received in said recess and having a filler with bolts anchored therein for attaching the rails.

2. A railway tie of metal, presenting a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs, said ribs being cut away below the location of the rails. and boxes received in said tie and having a filler upon which the rail rests.

3. A railway tie having a plurality of longitudinally extending ribs formed of webs with spaces therebetween, said spaces being occupied by a filler, and a box set into said tie on the upper side thereof and receiving a filler to constitute rail seats.

ll A railway tie having a plurality of longitudinally disposed ribs formed of separated webs, said ribs being cut away beneath the rails, and boxes set into said tie and beneath said rails and having a filler whereby said boxes constitute rail seats, said boxes having" sleeves formed at the edges thereof engaging said ribs.

5 A railway tie having a plurality of longitudinally disposed ribs formed of separated webs whereby spaces are formed in said tie, opening upwardly, a. tiller received in said spaces, said webs being cut away beneath the rail positions to receive boxes, boxes received in said tie, a filler received in said boxes, means for attaching said boxes to said tie. said boxes having anchor-plates embedded in the tiller therein, and anchor bolts extending upwardly from said anchor-plates and projecting above the faces of said tie.

t). A railway tie presenting a tiange projecting there from, said flange having a recess cut therein, and a tin lying against the sides and bottom of said tie and passing through said reces a bar lying on the upper face of said tie and projecting beyond the sides thereof, and means for attaching said tin to said bar.

7. A railway tie having the body thereof cut away on its upper side and having boxes set into the same. a tiller rereceived in said boxes. said boxes having inclined side walls adapted to contain said tiller, said boxes t'urther having flanges engaging the side of said tie, and through bolts passing through said flanges and the body ot. said tie beneath said box 1 S. A railway tie having a plurality of longitinlinaltv disposed ribs formed of webs with spaces therebetwecn opening upwardly, the webs of adjacent ribs being disposed apart and forming spat-es therebetween extending upwardly from the interior of the tie, and a liller disposed between said ribs and filling said 1irst-na|ned spaces.

It A railway tie having a plurality of longitiulinully disposed webs with eonvolutions, said convolutions udding resiliency to said tie.

10. A railway tie having a tiller to form :1 rail seat and having lugs extending into said tiller, and anchonplates buried in said iillcr, carrying bolts and extending under said lugs 11. A railway tie having a plurality of longitinlinally extending ribs, said ribs being cut away at: the rail seats, boxes set into said ribs, an insulating tiller in said boxes, and means for attaching the rails to said tiller.

12. A railway tie having a plurality oi. longitudinally disposed ribs formed therein, and a saddle plate seating thereupon conforming to said ribs and constituting :1 seat. for the rail.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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